KPERAK IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION CORPORATION v SIMFONI MAYA SDN BHD

a-02ncvcw-2264-12-2022 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 4 June 2024 • A-02(NCvC)(W)-2264-12/2022 • 30 min read

44 cases cited (2 SG, 42 foreign)

Catchwords

Construction of contracts; the application principles to be applied where there exists ambiguity or contradiction in the terms of a contract; evidence of surrounding circumstances before the contract is signed may be used for the purposes of construction; however, evidence after the signing cannot be used to construe terms of the contract.

Judges (3)

Azizul Azmi bin Adnan Delivered Hashim bin Hamzah Coram Kamaludin bin Md. Said Coram

Counsel (9)

Azmi & Associates Firm Tengku Azlina, Rao, Low & Associates Firm Arifah Abdul Aziz Counsel Respondent Joseph Yeo Counsel Respondent Marina Tiwol Counsel Appellant Pavitra Apparao Counsel Respondent Sharon Juliat Counsel Respondent Wafiy Azman Counsel Appellant Woo J Enn Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

KPERAK IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION CORPORATION Appellant SIMFONI MAYA Sdn Bhd Respondent

Case Significance

KPERAK IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION CORPORATION v SIMFONI MAYA SDN BHD is a Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) decision dated June 4, 2024 (citation: a-02ncvcw-2264-12-2022). <p>KPerak, a Perak state-owned company, appealed after being ordered to pay RM14.5 million in damages for allegedly breaching an Indoor Digital Media Solution Agreement with Simfoni Maya Sdn Bhd for media content dissemination infrastructure. The Court of Appeal unanimously allowed KPerak's appeal, finding that the High Court erred in construing the contract terms by relying on post-contract evidence and that the RM500,000 payment could not be used to interpret the agreement's scope. The High Co The panel comprised Azizul Azmi bin Adnan, Hashim bin Hamzah and Kamaludin bin Md. Said, with Azizul Azmi bin Adnan delivering the judgment.

Summary

KPerak, a Perak state-owned company, appealed after being ordered to pay RM14.5 million in damages for allegedly breaching an Indoor Digital Media Solution Agreement with Simfoni Maya Sdn Bhd for media content dissemination infrastructure. The Court of Appeal unanimously allowed KPerak's appeal, finding that the High Court erred in construing the contract terms by relying on post-contract evidence and that the RM500,000 payment could not be used to interpret the agreement's scope. The High Court order was set aside with costs of RM60,000.

What was the outcome of KPERAK IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION CORPORATION v SIMFONI MAYA SDN BHD?

<p>KPerak, a Perak state-owned company, appealed after being ordered to pay RM14.5 million in damages for allegedly breaching an Indoor Digital Media ...

Statutes Cited

Courts of Judicature Act 1964

s 42(1)

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Malaysian Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (44)

SG (1)

[2013] SGCA 43

SLR (1)

[1997] 2 SLR 759

UK (10)

[1970] 1 All ER 796 [1971] 1 WLR 1381 [1974] 1 WLR 1514 [1976] 1 WLR 989 [1982] 1 QB 84 [1985] AC 191 [1995] 1 WLR 1 [1998] 1 WLR 896 [2011] UKSC 50 [2015] UKSC 36

MY (32)

[1964] 1 MLJ 239 [1987] 2 CLJ 394 [1987] 2 MLJ 466 [1988] 1 MLJ 428 [1994] 2 AMR 1631 [1994] 2 MLJ 246 [1994] 2 MLJ 754 [1994] 3 CLJ 133 [1994] 3 CLJ 172 [2004] 1 CLJ 743 [2004] 1 MLJ 401 [2004] 3 CLJ 96 [2004] 3 MLJ 38 [2005] 3 CLJ 259 [2005] 4 MLJ 101 [2007] 2 CLJ 422 [2007] 2 MLJ 610 [2010] 3 MLJ 134 [2010] 4 MLJ 157 [2010] 6 AMR 414 [2010] 8 CLJ 49 [2011] 6 MLJ 441 [2012] 3 CLJ 423 [2015] 6 MLJ 633 [2016] 1 CLJ 177 [2016] 1 MLJ 464 [2016] 4 CLJ 813 [2017] 8 CLJ 350 [2017] 9 MLJ 1 [2018] 1 CLJ 693 [2018] 1 MLJ 1 [2022] 10 CLJ 348

Judgment

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